dormeuse

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Philip was about to enter his own chaise, when a dormeuse-and-four drove up to the inn-door to change horses.

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  1. A coach designed to convey invalids. It had a curtained coach-top and was fitted with a cot so arranged that the passenger could either sit up or recline.

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  1. French, feminine of dormeur, sleeper, from dormir, sleep.
 

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